College Prep Composition - Past Assignments

Scroll down for most recent dates.

Week of August 26, 2009

Wednesday, August 26

• 3 Index card questions
• Materials List - [[file/view/Materials - CPC.aug09.doc]]
  • Materials Checks - Tuesday, September 1, and Thursday, September 3 (27 points)
• Comfort Levels - College Prep Writing vs. College Prep Composition
• What makes a topic easy to write about? What makes academic writing difficult?
• Course Syllabus [[file/view/Course Syllabus (LH).aug09.doc]]
• Homework - Information page - Be ready with a one-minute explanation of "Why?" for each question. (because...)

Thursday, August 27

• Sharing Individual interests, values, motivations
• How can we use our passions to direct our lives and accomplishments?
• List 3 passions - When time stands still...
• Homework -
  • Materials Checks for September 1 and 3
  • Prewrite - 1/2-page explanation for each of 3 passions - What? Why?

Friday, August 28

• Focus on "You: 2040" - your personality, interests, values, motivations
• True Colors
• What do your True Colors show you?

Week of August 31, 2009

Monday, August 31

• About CPC [[file/view/About CPC (LH) with Parent Letter.aug09.doc]]
• Multiple Intelligences
• Prewriting - What connections can you make between your passions, your True Colors, and your Multiple Intelligences?
• Choose 1 passion - Develop 1-2 pages relating it to all prewriting information - What? Why? Where could it lead you?
• Homework -
  • Signed Parent page
  • 1-2 page draft "You: 2040"
  • Materials Check

Tuesday, September 1

• Materials Check
• Writers Inc - Review Paragraph Development, Organization of Details, Transitions
• Homework - Revise - Draft 2

Wednesday, September 2

• Editing with Edit Sheet - capital letters, contractions, complete sentences, spellchecking, proofreading out loud. Peer proofreading.
• Homework -
  • Complete "You: 2040" - Turn in Drafts 1,2, Final Copy
  • Materials Check

Thursday, September 3

• Materials Check
• "You: 2040" due (Drafts 1,2, and Final Copy)
• Getting to Know Writers Inc. - scavenger hunt

Friday, September 4 - No School - Institute Day

Week of September 7, 2009

Monday, September 7 - Labor Day - No School
Tuesday, September 8

• The College Essay

Week of September 7, 2009

Monday, September 7 - Labor Day - No School

Tuesday, September 8

• Collect students' college essay samples
• "About CPC" [[file/view/About CPC (LH) with Parent Letter.aug09.doc]]
• Spelling pretest and worksheet [[file/view/Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.sep09.doc|Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.sep09.doc]]
• Homework - Spelling worksheet, signed parent page. Bring college essay if you haven't already.

Wednesday, September 9

• Groups - transparencies and class notes -
  • What information does the college want from you? What do admissions people want to get at?
  • What do you need to know/research about the college before you write your essay?
  • What do you need to research in order to write informatively?
• Homework - Finish the questions above. Research the details about the college. Go through its catalog or website. Find/highlight at least 10 details that interest you or that you want to respond to about the specific college.

Thursday, September 10

• Examine sample college essay questions submitted by students
  • What is the expected length? How much depth do they want?
  • Verbs? Key words?
• What do you want them to know?
• Homework - On hard copy of your college essay or its prewriting, highlight facts or phrases that you care for the admissions committee to know.

Friday, September 11

external image earlydays13_200.jpg

• Remembering September 11, 2001
• How will you use this college essay to best represent yourself?
• Web organization, rough outline to show what your essay will look like - main points, subtopics, key ideas
• Homework - Synthesize all of your data. Type first draft.

Week of September 14, 2009

Monday, September 14

• Conciseness - Reducing redundancy, wordiness, repetition
• Who is your audience? Picture them. What do you need to consider appropriate when you write to that audience?
• Homework - Revise first draft to improve conciseness, get rid of repetition (read out loud to hear it).

Tuesday, September 15

• Comments - Spelling Test, "You: 2040" essays
• Personal Assessment Sheet
• Conciseness Practice - sentences from student essays
• Clauses - Independent and Dependent
• , FANBOYS IC , fanboys IC IC; IC.
• Homework -
  • Revise draft 2 for comments
  • , FANBOYS worksheet

[[file/view/Conciseness.sep09.doc]]
Wednesday, September 16

• College Essays - Introductions and Conclusions that make an impact
• Maintaining Voice - essay examples
• Homework - Revise/complete draft 2, Check sentence structure,Conciseness - redundancy, wordiness, repetition

Thursday, September 17

• LRC to edit with Edit Sheet
• Evaluation page [[file/view/Basic Edit Sheet.sept09.doc]]
• Homework - Complete College Essay to turn in with all components

Friday, September 18 [[file/view/College Essay eval (H).sep09.doc]]

• College Essay due
• Planner Vocabulary and Word Roots
• Dictionary and the Parts of Speech
• Homework - 20 sentences for 10 vocabulary words
  • Use enough context clues to prove the meaning of the words
  • Use the vocabulary word as the correct part of speech

Week of September 21, 2009

Monday, September 21

• Unit Overview: Literary Criticism Unit outline for CPC.sep09.doc
• 

  Unit Responsibilities for Students.sept09
  

  • Details
  • Download
  • 54 KB
  Group Organization for 6 Approaches
• Homework - Review PowerPoint slides to familiarize yourself with the 6 different approaches to literary criticism

Tuesday, September 22

• Introduction of the Focus Novel - The House on Mango Street
• Analysis of 1st vignette
• Homework -
  • Read pgs. 3-16 (6 vignettes)
  • FANBOYS worksheet
    

    ,Fanboys Review.sep09.doc
    

    • Details
    • Download
    • 35 KB

Wednesday, September 23

• Small Group - Day 1
• Group Discussion and Presentations - significant quotes relating to individual approaches to lit crit
• Homework - Read pgs. 17-28

Thursday, September 24

• Small Group - Day 2
• Group Discussion and Presentations - significant quotes
• Homework - Freewriting for essay

Friday, September 25

• Large Group Discussion
• Connection of Approaches to Poetry - "Race Politics"
  

  Race Politics.sept09.doc
  

  • Details
  • Download
  • 27 KB
• Homework - pgs. 29-45

Week of September 28, 2009

Monday, September 28

• Small Group - Day 3
• Annotation Charts [[file/view/Annotation chart.Mango.sept09.doc]]
• Group Discussion and Presentations - significant quotes
• Homework - pgs. 46-64

Tuesday, September 29

• Small Group - Day 4
• Group Discussion and Presentations
• Homework - Freewriting for essay

Wednesday, September 30
[[file/view/Critical Approaches.ppt|Critical Approaches.ppt]]

• Large Group - Day 2
• Review of Critical Approaches - PowerPoint
• Connection of Approaches to Poetry - "To Be a Woman," "Homage to My Hips" [[file/view/To Be A Woman.Homage to Hips.sep09.doc]]
• Reader Response
• Homework - pgs. 65-78 [[file/view/Critical Approaches to Literature Essay Assignment.sept09.doc]]
• Sign up for a 1-to-1 conference time

Thursday, October 1

• Small Group - Day 5
• Homework - pgs. 79-91, turn in freewriting and brainstorming for essay

Friday, October 2

• Making a Claim PowerPoint [[file/view/Making a Claim.ppt]]
• Working toward a Guiding Question
• Small Group - Consider groups' thesis statements and main ideas from conversations
• Homework - Create 8-10 questions that you might develop into your Essay's Claim

Week of October 5, 2009

Monday, October 5

• Turn in 8-10 Claim questions
• Small Group - Day 6 [[file/view/Making a Claim.ppt|Making a Claim.ppt]]
• Group Discussion and Presentations - Mango, pages 79-91
  • Address elements that may be relevant to Making Your Claim/questions
• Homework - pgs. 91-end

Tuesday, October 6

• Small Group - Day 7
• Group Discussion and Presentations - Mango, pages 92-end
• Group Found Poetry Project assignment
• Homework - Group project brainstorming
  • Make sure you can access all googlegroups' postings to study for next week's Literary Criticism Approaches test

Wednesday, October 7

• Small Group - Day 8
• Group project workday - Create Found Poem, present to class
• Homework - Reporter: Type, post poem by 9 PM

Thursday, October 8

• Group Project Presentations/Transparencies
• Group explanation of choices
• Questions re: Tuesday's Literary Criticism Approaches test
• Homework - Study for Lit Crit Approaches test
  • Critical Approaches questions - PowerPoint handout [[file/view/Critical Approaches.ppt|Critical Approaches.ppt]]
  • Googlegroups' postings for all Lit Crit approaches

Friday, October 9 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students

Week of October 12

Monday, October 12 - Columbus Day - No School

Tuesday, October 13

• Final Test - 6 Approaches to Literary Criticism
  • Analysis of 3 excerpts, using 1 literary approach for each excerpt
• All finished versions of found poetry turned in for group project transparencies
• Homework -
  • Group Presentations - 5 minute limit
  • Bring 1 unstapled copy of rough draft to class/conferencing of Thursday

Wednesday, October 14

• Essay - Turn in rough drafts
• Draft workshop

Thursday, October 15

• LRC - Final essay due Monday

Friday, October 16

• Final Essay due Monday

Week of Monday, October 19, 2009

Monday, October 19

• Literary Criticism essay due - with drafts, Peer Conferencing page
• Personal reflection of the Lit Crit unit, group work and effectiveness
• What does it mean to be "educated?"
  • Scenarios - Is this education? Explain.
  • Defining and re-defining education
• Homework - Write your definition of education

Tuesday, October 13

• Final Test - 6 Approaches to Literary Criticism
  • Analysis of 3 excerpts, using 1 literary approach for each excerpt
• All finished versions of found poetry turned in for group project transparencies
• Homework -
  • Group Presentations - 5 minute limit
  • Bring 1 unstapled copy of rough draft to class/conferencing of Thursday

Wednesday, October 14

• Essay - Turn in rough drafts
• Draft workshop

Thursday, October 15

• LRC - Final essay due Monday

Friday, October 16

• Final Essay due Monday

Monday, October 19

• Turn in Final Literary Criticism essays
• Personal reflection of the Lit Crit unit, group work, and effectiveness
• What does it mean to be "educated?"

[[file/view/educated scenarios.anna09.doc|educated scenarios.anna09.doc]]

• Scenarios - Is this education? Explain.
• Defining and re-defining education - share in the large group
• Homework - Write your 1/2-page definition of education

Tuesday, October 21

• Argumentation - an outline for overall structure
• Summarizing an argument
• Online video - Ken Robinson, "Schools Kill Creativity" - notetake main points of Robinson's argument
  • http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
• Small group discussion - Sharing the significant point of Robinson's argument
• Homework - Write your own 1-page reflection and interpretation of Robinson's argument

Wednesday, October 21 - Friday, October 23 STCE Closed due to Student Illness

Week of October 26, 2009

NEW DUE DATE - Quarter Planners and Notebook due - Monday, November 2

• Requirements
  • Have all work, classnotes, handouts that we have done so far this year. If you missed anything due to absence, borrow someone else's so that your notebook is complete.
  • All papers with holes must be on rings.
  • All paper without holes must be in the folder

Last day for 1st Quarter Late Work - Friday, October 30

• Work that is up to 3 days late may be turned in with a Late Slip.
• Work that is older than 3 days must be made up before or after school. Sign up on the clipboard in B208.

Monday, October 26

• Discuss ideas that have stemmed from reflections
• Re-view Ken Robinson's "Schools are Killing Creativity" http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
• Homework - Complete the Argument frame using notes and transcript from the speech [[file/view/Robinson Argument outline.anna09.doc|Robinson Argument outline.anna09.doc]]

Tuesday, October 27

• Background - Right and Left Sides of the Brain
• Introduction - Daniel Pink, "Revenge of the Right Brain" http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/brain.html
  • Locating Pink's argumentative claim
• 3 Reasons - Support Asia, Automation, and Abundance
• Homework -
  • Finish Pink's article and outline the argument frame
  • Write a 1-page personal reflection of the argument
  • 1st Quarter Planners due

Wednesday, October 28

• Discussion and Summarizing
• Questions for deeper understanding of the text - 5 questions
• Synthesis of the 2 sources
• Revisit definition of education
• Homework -
  • Structure a quotation dialogue

Thursday, October 29

• Quotation dialogues
• Poem "Backwards Day"
• Homework - Add "Backwards Day" quotations to the dialogue/5 questions

Friday, October 30

• Guided freewritng for purpose of education
• Rubric for essay (class-created)
• Homework - Notebooks/Folders for Monday

Week of November 2, 2009

Monday, November 2

• Review the premis of each article.
• Review all freewriting, quotes pages, etc. for ideas you have generated
• Creating a Rubric - Review essay assignment page
  • Groups to determine main elements to consider in assessing the essays
• Homework -
  • Answer the following 2 questions: 1. What is your definition of education? 2. What is your perception of the purpose(s) of education?
  • Using all the freewrites, articles, and worksheets that you have accumulated, brainstorm a full page of ideas to include in your essay on the purpose of education. Bullets rather than complete sentences are acceptable.

Tuesday, November 3

• Essay oranization - The Outline
• Look over your brainstorming and group your ideas into 3-4 categories that can serve as your essay's "sections." Within each section, determine which ideas can serve as paragraph topic sentence and which details will serve as paragraph support.
  • Sections = I, II, III, IV
  • Paragraph topics = A, B, C
  • Details within the paragraphs - 1,2,3
• Homework - Organize your Working Outline.

Wednesday, November 4

• Definitions and purposes of education - Define terms carefully.
• PowerPoint frames - Agree or disagree? Why is each statement difficult to answer?
  

  Definition of terms exercise.nov09.ppt
  

  • Details
  • Download
  • 34 KB
• Transparency: Synthesis lesson - Relating your ideas to the authors' main points
  

  Getting Your Definitions Outside the Box.nov09
  

  • Details
  • Download
  • 28 KB
  

  Synthesis lesson for problems.nov09.doc
  

  • Details
  • Download
  • 32 KB
• Group work to complete the handout, "Getting Your Definitions Outside the Box."
• Homework - Revise definitions, explanations of purpose, brainstorming, and outline plan as necessary.

Thursday, November 5

• Binder/folder/notebook double-check
• Developing a Working Thesis
  • 2-layer thesis (complex sentence)
    • Write a statement presenting your view of the "purpose of education."
    • Add a because..., since..., though..., or so that clause explaining your interpretation.
      • Example: The purpose of education is ..... because .....
    • If desired, start the sentence with the because clause followed by the statement portion of the sentence.
      • Example: Because/Since/Though/So that ........, the purpose of education is ............
• Counterarguments - Views of your opponents
• Homework - Select several spots where counterarguments can be effective in your outline plan. Write the relevant paragraphs in which you acknowledge the counterargument, then accommodate or refute it with your support.

Friday, November 6

• Start writing draft in the LRC.
• Homework -
  • Complete your first basic draft from the beginning of your outline to the end. Develop I, II, III... as sections. A, B, C as paragraphs. 1, 2, 3 as details within the paragraph.
  • Turn in a copy of your outline and draft on Monday.

Week of Monday, November 9

Monday, November 9

• Revisit the Synthesis Assignment page.
• Partners by lineup
  • Read outline draft for Feedback:
  • Questions or clarifications?
  • Examine writer's view for clear and complete presentation of reasons.
  • Present counterarguments for accuracy and challenge of the writer's responses.
• Paragraph development - Writing in cycles
• Homework - Revise draft to organize and solidify cycles.

Tuesday, November 10 - No Class - Testing

Wednesday, November 11

• Integrating quotes into your draft
• Quotation punctuation
• Select quotes for support or refutation in essay, especially in the Cycle Step 3
• Homework - Revise draft to include quotations and transitions. [[file/view/Integrating Quotes.nov09.doc|Integrating Quotes.nov09.doc]]

Thursday, November 12

• Intro and Conclusion paragraphs - include your definition of education, thesis about the purpose of education
• Review of "Backwards Day"
• Homework - Revise draft to edit

Friday, November 13

• Re-visit Synthesis Essay Assignment page
• Peer critique of cycle development
• Works Cited bibliographical information
• Essay due TUESDAY with all drafts and components

STCE_front_entrance.jpg

largeimage_dancer.gif

external image stockbroker080604511.jpg

Week of Monday, November 16, 2009

Monday, November 16

• Attention to Edit Sheet
  • Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent
  • Compound Sentences - IC , FANBOYS IC. IC ; IC. [[file/view/Edit sheet Synthesis.nov09.doc|Edit sheet Synthesis.nov09.doc]]
  • Complex Sentences - The Big 7 Subordinate Conjunction
• Homework - Edit and turn in Synthesis essay with all components
  • Outline
  • Draft 1 - from outline
  • Draft 2 - revised in cycles
  • Draft

Monday, December 7

• Annotated Bibliography due
• Review 5 Guiding Questions - revise as needed
• Source A Guiding Questions for Databases.dec09.doc
  • Read the source thoroughly, giving special attention to content for guiding quesitons. When you finish highlighting, add/revise 5 questions..
  • Highlight source for one main point at a time. Change colors when you change main points.
• Homework -
  • Repeat this process for Sources B and C.
  • Bring notecards on Tuesday for notetaking

Tuesday, December 8

• Reassess Guiding Questions - add, delete, merge, revise
  • Aim toward 3-4 Main Points
• Index card - Name, Issue, I, II, III, IV
• Finish highlightling minimum of 6 sources
• Homework - Finish information on index card, staple to pink Guiding Questions 1/2-page

Wednesday, December 9

• Research Proposal - purpose, format
• Notetaking format - required parts
• Focus on Main Points now rather than 5 Guiding Questions
• Notecards for Source A
• Homework -
  • Notetake for 3-4 Main Points for 2-3 sources
  • Research Proposal draft [due Friday, December 11]

Thursday, December 10

• LRC - type Research Proposal
• Notetake for remaining sources
• What additional information, data are you in need of?
• Homework -
  • Finish notetaking for current sources
  • Research Proposal

Friday, December 11

• LRC research - Collegiate data bases - minimum of 2 additional sources
• Homework - Highlight 3 Main Points for new sources

Week of December 14, 2009

Monday, December 14

• Review Main Points and notecards - Where do you need further information to fill in the gaps for your research paper?
• LRC - Collegiate databases
  • Use your St. Charles Public Library card and PIN number to access the library's Research Resources. Click on Online Research. Fill in your Library card number and PIN (or if you have never used the online library, use the PIN changeme).
  • Find at least 2 collegiate sources to supplement your research.
• Homework - Highlight relevant information in your new articles to support your 4 main points.

Tuesday, December 15

• Continue notetaking for Main Point IV.
• Homework - Finish all notecards for all main points, including from collegiate sources found in the LRC on Monday.

Wednesday, December 16

• Research Paper Outline - skeletal (complete sentences for Roman numerals and Capital Letters)
• LRC to brainstorm and start formulating outline
• Homework - Produce skeletal outline
  • I. Main Point I sentence
    • A. Paragraph Topic sentence
    • B. Paragraph Topic sentence
    • C.....
  • II. Main Point 2 sentence
    • A. Paragraph Topic sentence
    • B. Paragraph Topic sentence
    • C. Paragraph Topic sentence
    • D.......
  • III. Main Point 3 sentence
    • A. Paragraph Topic sentence
    • B. Paragraph Topic sentence
    • C. Paragraph Topic sentence
    • D....
  • IV. Main Point 4 sentence
    • A. Paragraph Topic sentence
    • B. Paragraph Topic sentence
    • C....

Thursday, December 17

• Continue working on Research Paper outline
  • Look through source highlighting (without typing anything), then put sources away and add ideas to skeletal outline
  • Look through notecards (without typing), then put sources away and add ideas to skeletal outline
• Homework -
  • Develop each Capital Letter into a paragraph using the information you have accumulated in your skeletal outline. Write only what you have gleaned from the research process. There is no need to go back to sources and notecards at this time.
  • Paragraph outline due on Friday, December 18

Friday, December 18 - Candy Cane Day!

• Put notecards into Main Point piles.

  candy_canes.jpg

• Get rid of ones you have already used in your brainstorming.
• Organize by capital letter (in the order you tentatively plan to use them in your outline).
• Number the backs of all cards.
• Put numbers into outline where you tentatively plan to use them in your outline.

Monday, January 4

• Transitions - between words, sentences, clauses and paragraphs (transparency list)
• Workshop time for developing Main Point paragraphs for body draft
• Homework - Complete Main Point I paragraphs for body draft (to turn in)

Tuesday, December 15

• Transparency - Constructing informative cycles steps. Attention to logical sequence
• Homework - Complete Main Point II paragraphs for body draft (to turn in)

Wednesday, January 6

• Cycle concerns - repetition, information, transitions
• Workshop time for developing Main Point paragraphs for draft
• Homework - Complete Main Point paragraphs III paragraphs for body draft

Thursday, January 7

• Review Compound and Complex sentences
• Conjunctive Adverbs - 2 uses: as interrupter , however, or when joining 2 ICs into a compound sentence IC; however, IC
  • Handout courtesy of Mrs. Smith on Conjunctive Adverbs
  • Worksheet # 1-10 (Coordinating conjunctions, Subordinate conjunctions, and Conjunctive adverbs
• Homework - Complete Main Point IV paragraphs for draft (due Monday)

Friday, January 8

• Review ,fanboys + 2 sentence patterns. Big 7 subordinate conjunctions + 2 sentence patterns. Conjunctive adverbs + 2 uses: ,however, IC; however,
• Worksheet #11-15 - Join independent clauses using a subordinate conjunction.
• Peer Cycle Check - 1/2 sheet assessment of 2 cycles in any Main Point body draft

[[file/view/Peer Cycle Check.jan10.doc|Peer Cycle Check.jan10.doc]]

• Homework - Finish draft of all Main Point body paragraphs- due Monday

Week of Monday, January 25, 2010

Materials List for Materials Check on Friday, January 29 (20 points)

Monday, January 25

• Spelling Pretest - I comes before E rule (30 words)
• Correctly spell any word you got wrong on the pretest - 3 times each
• Homework - Complete the Spelling Worksheet [[file/view/Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.jan10.doc|Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.jan10.doc]]

Tuesday, January 26

• The Basics - Coordinate conjunctions ,FANBOYS
  • Style - Simple and Compound Sentences
  • IC ,+fanboys IC IC;IC ,+ FANBOYS Worksheet
• Homework - 10 sentences with at least 12 words in them:
  • 5 with IC; IC. and 5 with IC ,FANBOYS IC.
  • Materials Check on Friday

Wednesday, January 27

• Purposes of Summary Writing
• Article Overview and Vocabulary - TIME Magazine "What We Can Learn from Flight 253" http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1950579,00.html
• Overview Sentence (article's thesis)
• Homework - Read for vocabulary and comprehension, with ?s in the margins, highlighted sentence problems, etc. Use margin notes!

Thursday, January 28

• Comma Splice and Run-on Sentences errors
• Review of Compound Sentence punctuation
• Article discussion and vocabulary paragraph by paragraph
• Homework -
  • Write one sentence that sums up the contents of each paragraph
  • Materials Check
  • Spelling Test - Spelling rule and 30 words + Quiz on Compound Sentence punctuation [IC ; IC] and [IC ,fanboys IC]

Friday, January 29

• Spelling Test - Spelling rule and 25 words (30 points)
• Materials check
• Peer paragraph comparison and revision
• Homework -Type all paragraph sentences into summary's roughest draft. Don't worry about choppiness, but get all the information from paragraph sentences into the draft.

Week of Monday, February 1

Monday, February 1

• Paragraph Unity - Mark article's paragraphing
• Review - Summary Writing: Purpose and Strategy Summary Writing.Drew University.jan10.doc
• Intro and Conclusion - Thesis of article? Bibliographical information?
• Homework - Write the Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs, using "Summary Writing" handout as reference

Tuesday, February 2

• Transitions and Reducing Choppiness Transitions as Signal Words.jan10.doc
• Homework - Revise summary draft for coherence

Wednesday, February 3

• Getting Rid of Wordiness Strategies for Reducing Wordiness.jan10.doc
• To Be Verbs - Stretegies to replace them.
• Homework - Get rid of To Be verbs in your draft.

Thursday, February 4

• Editing - Review of Compound Sentences - 2 Sentence Patterns
• Edit Sheet
• Homework -
  • Summary due with all components, Edit Sheet

Friday, February 5

• Summary due
• Complex Sentences - The Big 7 Subordinate Conjunctions

Week of Monday, February 8

Monday, February 8

• Comments about Summary Drafts
• Mechanics - Hyphen, Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent, Colon, Integration of bibliographical information into introduction (or Works Cited page).
• Homework - Summary due with --
  • Draft1 (21 sentences, choppy), Draft 2 (With being verbs removed), Draft 3 (ready to edit),
  • Final Copy
  • Edit sheet
  • Evaluation page

Tuesday, February 9 Summary Evaluation.feb10.doc

• Complex Sentences
  • Sentences with Subordinate Conjunctions in the middle of the sentence
  • Sentences with Subordinate Conjunctions the begin the sentence
  • Complex sentence punctuation rule Complex sentences deductively.fab10.doc
• Homework - From your summary essay, create 3 sentences that begin with a Subordinate Conjunction and 3 sentences that have the Subordinate Conjunction in the middle of the sentence

Wednesday, February 10

• Complex Sentence punctuation rule IC DC. or DC, IC.
• Synthesis - blending of sources into one unified essay
  • Norman Rockwell as chronicle of historical, cultural, and individual values
  • Analysis of Norman Rockwell paintings to be combined with an article re: Norman Rockwell NORMAN_ROCKWELL_Coming_of_Age enlarged frames.ppt
• Homework - From the PowerPoint and handout of slides, choose 2. Write a paragraph for each one that explains what the slide tells us about history and the old days.

Thursday, February 11

• Norman Rockwell themes - Freedom, simplicity, innocence, patriotism, cultural and historical high points in America, family, social issues.
• Re-view PowerPoint to select details from your 2 slides that convey the above themes
• Cycles - 1 Idea, 2 Explanation, 3 For example (situation and quote), and 4 Show example's relevance, inferences you can make from the example
• Homework - Revise paragraphs so that they present 2 paragraphs (1 per slide) each containing 2 cycles discussing Rockwell's themes and supporting evidence

Friday, February 12

• Check topic sentences, cycle parts, transitional devices
• Complex Sentences - The Big 7 Subordinate Conjunctions
• 2 possible formats for a Paragraph:
  • Cycle 1 - general discussion, Cycle 2 - Support details about the selected slide
  • One idea 1, 2 - general discussion, 3, 4 - support details from the slide. Second idea 1, 2 - general discussion, 3, 4 support details from the slide
• Homework - Revise and type 2 (-4) paragraphs synthesizing your observations and discussion with the Rockwell article information. To turn in.

Week of Monday, February 15

Monday, February 15 - Presidents' Day - No School
Tuesday, February 16

• Comments about Summaries - Nice job!
• Active and Passive Voice
  • Transparencies that distinguish the 2, as well as give comparisons of effectiveness
  Active and Passive Worksheet.feb10.doc
  • Worksheet - Turning Passive Sentences into Active Ones
  • Go through your 2 paragraphs on the Norman Rockwell slides and turn any passive structures into the active voice.
• Homework - Finish the worksheet

Wednesday, February 17

• Comparison/Contrast - Short Story and its Film Version
• "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner http://www.rajuabju.com/literature/barnburning.htm
• Short Story Analysis - picking apart the pieces that make up a short story
• Homework -
  • First Reading of "Barn Burning" - lots of margin notes!
  • plot, characters, conflicts
  • confusing lines, vocabulary, significance of details

Thursday, February 18

• Discussion Group - First Reading Worksheet
• Homework - Be prepared with 5 open-ended and/or specific comprehension questions for group discussion

Friday, February 19

• Socratic Discussion - "Barn Burning"
• Homework - Characterization: Find any 5 quotes from the story that characterize each of the following -
  • Father
  • Sarty
  • deSpain
  • Mother
  • Sisters

Barn Burning first reading.feb10.doc

Week of Monday, February 22

Monday, February 22

• Continue Comprehension questions - lit circle group
• Themes [[file/view/Barn Burning first reading.feb10.doc|Barn Burning first reading.feb10.doc]]
• Homework - Reread story
  • Highlight any details about themes discussed in class
  • Make a list of symbols that you notice as you read - What does each represent?

Tuesday, February 23

• Symbolism in "Barb Burning" - list and discuss
• Definition and Discussion of Literary Criticism and Purposes
• Literary Criticism as a Source [[file/view/Literary Analysis Sample.feb10.doc|Literary Analysis Sample.feb10.doc]]
• List - 2 possible themes and 2 possible symbols you may want to explore in your lit crit essay
• Homework - Take notes from the story and from the literary criticism sample
  • Find details about your choices of symbols and themes
  • Determine which are the most supported by the 2 print sources.

Wednesday, February 24

• LRC - Lit Crit search for at least 2 lit crit sources that support your symbols/themes
  • Gale Literature Resource Center
  • Any .edu source
• "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner http://www.rajuabju.com/literature/barnburning.htm
• Homework -
  • Overview sources to determine usefulness

Thursday, February 25

• What a literary analysis is and is not
• Development of Thesis and Points to consider
• Web essay plan [[file/view/How to Write a Literary Analysis.feb10.doc|How to Write a Literary Analysis.feb10.doc]]
• Homework -
  • Read and highlight pertinent ideas and details in at least 2 lit crit sources. On looseleaf paper, write your topic, thesis statement, and fill in the pieces of your 5-circle web

Friday, February 26 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students

Week of Monday, March 1, 2010

Monday, March 1

• Check Literary Analysis source articles
• Brainsqueeze from web layouts - LRC A
  • One Main Point at a time for 3+ minutes
  • Review highlighting for reminders for Main Point 1. SET ARTICLE ASIDE. THEN...
  • Add ideas from review. Continue with Main Point 2, etc.
• Homework -
  • Finish brainsqueeze. Ideas only, no examples.
  • Revise as necessary to organize ideas
    • Consider individual idea clusters as Step 1 and 2 of a cycle
    • Revise into smoothly written, well-developed paragraph for each main point (~1/2-page+ per main point). This is YOU speaking.
    • Turn in a copy of completed clusters.

Tuesday, March 2

• Check 1s and 2s.
• Find appropriate spots for Steps 3 and 4 in cycles, using source articles (no specific quote yet). This is YOU speaking through the author's ideas.
• Type ideas into your cycles - LRC A
• Find a pertinent quote for each example. This is the AUTHOR speaking. Insert it into Step 3 of each cycle's specific example.
• Homework -
  • Finish the above.
  • Write into refined cycles for Main Points 1 and 2. Pull the cycle together with its 4.

Wednesday, March 3

• Blending quotes coherently into your draft - phrasing and punctuation [[file/view/Integrating Quotes.mar10.doc|Integrating Quotes.mar10.doc]]
• Review paragraphs for Main Points 1 and 2: for topic sentences, adequate cycle steps.
• Turn in Main Points 1 and 2.
• Homework - Do the same for Main Points 3 and 4+, checking for the above.

Thursday, March 4

• Review "Writing a Literary Analysis handout" for content double-check [[file/view/How to Write a Literary Analysis.feb10.doc|How to Write a Literary Analysis.feb10.doc]]
• Peer Review of Main Points 3 and 4 - Coherence and transitions, 4 sentence types, comma splice and run-ons, passive constructions, and being verbs.
• Conferencing Main Points 1 and 2
• Edit Sheet and Evaluation page
• Homework - Prepare for final editing

Friday, March 5

• Final Editing - LRC A
• Homework - Literary Analysis Essay due: Cluster draft, drrafts of Main Points 1-4 with 4 steps of each cycle, Edit Sheet, Evaluation page

Week of Monday, March 8, 2010

Monday, March 8

• Peer Sharing of Literary Analysis essays
• Turn in essays with all drafts, etc.
• The Apostrophe!
  • Contractions
  • Possessives
• Homework -
  • Apostrophe worksheet

Tuesday, March 9

• Apostrophe practice
• Comparison/Contrast Essay - In your view, is the film an effective rendition of the short story? Does it enhance or detract from Faulkner's original?
• In classnotes, list the main points you used in your Literary Analysis paper. Watch the film with those elements in mind.
• Film: "Barn Burning"
• Homework -
  • Journal about the comparisons and contrasts you observed during the first showing.
    • For each main point: Comparison? or Contrast?
    • Paragraph - What is the C/C? How did the filmmaker C/C? Why did the filmmaker C/C?

Wednesday, March 10

• Re-view the Film: "Barn Burning"
• Refine your observations. Look for specifics to clarify your thoughts for yourself and for your reader.
• Homework - Fill in the Venn diagram as an overview of your C/C essay - Is the film an effective rendition of the short story? Does it enhance or detract from Faulkner's original? [[file/view/Venn Diagram for Organization.mar10.doc|Venn Diagram for Organization.mar10.doc]]

Thursday, March 11

• Re-read the story for direct comparisons and contrasts with the film. Take notes or mark up story copies.
• Fill in the 3 main points you will compare and contrast in your essay. Use your Venn diagram and film notes to complete the Film column. Use your story notes to complete the Short Story column to communicate the framework for your essay.
• Homework -

[[file/view/Comparison-contrast organization.mar10.doc|Comparison-contrast organization.mar10.doc]]

• Complete the Comparison-Contrast Organizational chart to guide your drafting.
• 
  

Friday, March 12

• Organization of the Comparison/Contrast Essay - 3 choices [[file/view/3 Methods of Organization - outlines.mar10.doc|3 Methods of Organization - outlines.mar10.doc]]
• Homework - Choose the method that seems the most appropriate for your essay. Compile a phrase outline (to turn in) according to the selected format on the handout.

Notebooks and Planners due on Monday, March 22 - No loose papers! All worksheets, handouts, classnotes, everything we have done so far this semester.

Week of Monday, March 15, 2010

Monday, March 15

• Agreement of Pronouns and Antecedents
  • Singular pronouns
  • Plural pronouns [[file/view/ACT - Agreement.mar10.doc|ACT - Agreement.mar10.doc]]
• Homework
  • Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent worksheet

Tuesday, March 16 [[file/view/Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent.mar10.doc|Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent.mar10.doc]]

• Review selected outline format for Comparison/Contrast essay
• LRC - Revise outline to strengthen and clarify comparisons and contrasts
  • conferencing
• Homework - Complete revision of c/c outline until you are comfortable with it.

Wednesday, March 17

• Review agreement of pronoun and antecedent rules
• For Main Point I, combine brainstorming with selected quotes to build paragraphs (A, B, C). Aim for at least 2 cycles per paragraph.
  • Complete draft and type Main Point I paragraphs A, B, C (2 cycles per paragraph) to turn in
  • Edit draft for agreement of pronoun and antecedent , proofread, and spellcheck

Thursday, March 18

• Turn in Main Point I draft
• Review Compound and Complex Sentences
• For Main Point II, combine brainstorming with selected quotes to build paragraphs (A, B, C) . Aim for 2 cycles per paragraph.
• Homework -
  • Complete draft and type Main Point II paragraphs A, B, C.
  • Edit draft for agreement, compound and complex sentences, proofread, spellcheck

Thursday, March 18

• Turn in Main Point II draft
• Re-view the film for additional details to include comparison/contrast body paragraphs
• Review of Apostrophe for Possession
  

  Apostrophe for Possession.mar10.doc
  

  • Details
  • Download
  • 33 KB
• Homework - Complete draft and type Main Point III paragraphs (A, B, C).
  • Edit for apostophe, agreement, compound and complex sentences, proofread, spellcheck

Friday, March 19

• Turn in Main Point III draft
• Review embedding of quotes for examples
• Homework - Revise and edit Main Points I and II drafts
  • Check cycle development, information
  • Edit for agreement, compound and complex sentences, and embedding quotes
• 
  

Notebooks and Planners due on Monday, March 22 - No loose papers! All worksheets, handouts, classnotes, everything we have done so far this semester.

Week of Monday, March 22, 2010

Monday, March 22

• Return Main Points I-II
• Review components of Introduction and Conclusion
• Mechanics review
• Homework - Final revisions to body paragraphs

• Tuesday, March 23
  • LRC time -
    • Intro and Conclusion
    • Works Cited
    • Revisions
    • Conferencing [[file/view/Evaluation.Barn Burning.mar10.doc|Evaluation.Barn Burning.mar10.doc]]
  • Homework - Final draft ready for final editing
• Wednesday, March 24
  • LRC for final editing with Edit Sheet
  • Conferencing [[file/view/Edit sheet - Comparison,Contrast. Barn Burning.mar10.doc|Edit sheet - Comparison,Contrast. Barn Burning.mar10.doc]]
  • Homework - Essay due with all components
• Thursday, March 25
  • Comparison/Contrast essay due - Turn in with all components
  • Research Proposal
  • Homework -
    • Hard copy (no printouts) for research topic
• Friday, March 26
  • Research vantage point for Research Proposal
  • LRC data bases to determine 5 guiding questions
  • Homework - Complete index card:
    • Topic
    • 5 Guiding questions to be ready for research proposal
• Have a restful Spring Break!
• 
  

from the flower on the flower

Week of Monday, April 5, 2010 Monday, April 5 Return Comparison-Contrast Essays Binder Double-check Sentence Fragments (transparencies) Fragments transparencies.mar10.doc Homework - Read through information obtained during Free Read about your Research Paper topic. Write your topic and 5 Guiding Questions that you would like to answer by the time your research is completed (No Yes/No questions). Tuesday, April 6 Collect Topic + 5 Guiding Questions Sentence Fragments (continued) Guiding Questions for Databases.apr10.doc How to Revise a Fragment into a Sentence Sample College-Ready Essays (5s and 3s) Homework - Sentence Fragments worksheet - Decide which group of words is the fragment. Then use one of the various ways to eliminate the fragment, resulting in only complete sentence(s) Sentence Fragments1.mar10.doc Wednesday, April 7 Return Research Guiding Questions Sentence Fragments (cont). Fragments.pptadapted.mar10.pptPowerPoint - Sentence Fragments Homework - Revise 5 Guiding Questions Thursday, April 8 LRC - Search databases: Locate at least 3 database articles that include some kind of support for each of your 5 guiding questions Research paper will consist of at least 10 sources that supply information to support 5 guiding questions (7 computer, 3 non-computer) Homework - Continue to search for at least 3 database articles that include information for all 5 of your guiding questions. Have them in class on Friday. Friday, April 9 Begin work toward Annotated Bibliography - Biblio info marked (1-7) on 3 sources Annotated Bibliography handout - format, contents.april10 Overview for general content of your 3 database articles: bold print, graphics, intro paragraph, topic sentences, conclusion. Mark and margin notes of noteworthy features to remind yourself for each source Write one paragraph summary/noteworthy annotation Homework - Type 1/2-page annotation for each of 3 sources for Monday, including bibliographical information Week of Monday, April 12, 2010 Monday, April 12 Continue highlighting all sources for information related to 5 Guiding Questions Use a different colored highlighter for each main point OR mark in margin the main point question (I, II, III, IV, V) the information is providing Homework - Complete highlighting in at least 6 of your sources Tuesday, April 13 Adjust Guiding Questions as needed to suit your research paper's plan. Determine the main points for which you still need further research. LRC - Find additional sources (Total from databases - at least 8). The remaining 2 computer sources may be from Google as long as they are reliable (i.e. no blogs, personal webpages, etc). Sources 9-10 will be non-computer sources - books, magazines, journals, personal or published interviews (including TV or radio), documentaries Homework - At least 8 sources total for Wednesday that provide the information to fill needed gaps you are discovering. Have notecards in class on Thursday. Wednesday, April 14 Highlight remaining articles (at least 8 total) Homework - Finish all highlighting (5 colors OR main point Roman numeral in margins). You will be using the highlighted material as information for at least 50 notecards. Thursday, April 15 Put a capital letter on each source. (A, B, C...) for quick identification. Notecards [[file/view/Notecards - 3 formats.apr10.doc|Notecards - 3 formats.apr10.doc]] Bibliography cards: Copy all bibliographical information from each source onto a Bib Card (at least 8 total). Write the source code (a capital letter A, B, C...) in the upper right corner to label source to match corresponding notecards. Notecard set-up - Place the source code in the upper right corner to correlated with the source itself. Place the source's page number for the card information in the lower left corner. Distinguish between summarizing (main points/details omitted/result is 1/4 the original's length) and paraphrasing (translating word for word into your own words/no ideas omitted/same length as the original) Information on notecards: 1 piece of information per card. - Stay brief. Use abbreviations, bullets, no complete sentences, etc. Quotes (including quotation marks, speaker, context), statistics, Place the Main Point Roman numeral (if possible) in the upper left corner. If the quote is long, remember to use just the significant portion and paraphrase the rest. Statistics (including explanation, context) Facts, descriptions Causes, results Homework - [[file/view/Annotated Bibliography handout - format, contents.april10|Annotated Bibliography handout - format, contents.april10]] Write annotations for Annotated Bibliography. To pace yourself, do 3-4 for Friday and the rest over the weekend. Completed Annotated Bibliography due on Monday (typed, carefully proofread, spellcheck, accurate grammar/punctuation/sentence variety) Friday, April 16 Continue notetaking Homework - Continue writing annotations. Complete Annotated Bibliography due Monday. FYI - Notetaking time will be offered in class on Monday if the need warrants it. Monday, April 19 Annotated Bibliography due Continue notetaking for Main Points/LRC individually if further research is needed Homework - Finish all notecards for all main points, including from collegiate sources found in the LRC on Monday. Tuesday, April 20 Notecards into Main Point Piles - Are main points in good shape? Subdivide piles into Sub-points Begin developing Research Paper Web Plan Main Points (I,II,III,IV,V) Sub-spokes (A, B, C,...) Homework - Transfer Outline from Web Plan into typed full-sentence outline Wednesday, April 21 Students' Choice - notetaking time :-/ Homework - Due Thursday: 50+ notecards with Main Point code, Source code, page #, and bibliography cards Determine last 2 non-print sources: video, online video, interview, exhibit (anything that I can access). Information from source due by Tues, April 27. Thursday, April 22 Turn in notecards and bib cards Writing Skills - Parenthetical words and phrases Parenthetical Words and Phrases worksheet (pink) PowerPoint - Parenthetical Words and Phrases - What are they? How do they work? Homework - Finish up all notetaking so that you can turn in sources on Friday. POINTS_Parenthetical Elements!.apr10[1].ppt Friday, April 23 Brainstorm Main Points I-II. Squeeze your brain. Write on each topic sentence (capital letter) for 3-4 minutes. Number all notecards. Find a place in your brainstorming for each card. If you don't have a spot, or you haven't brainstormed yet, put the card number off to the side of your outline. Think in cycles. Do more brainstorming if you find you need more of your own explanation. Homework - Turn in all sources highlighted sources Complete placing notecard numbers where they will appear in draft. Add, delete, do more brainstorming where necessary. Additional research should not be needed at this point. Find non-print sources for Tuesday. Build Main Point I from outline and notecards. Think in [skeletal cycles (1-2-3-4). Include citations in draft. Add, delete, do more brainstorming where necessary. Additional research should not be needed at this point, but feel free to continue to fill in gaps. Find non-print sources for Tuesday. ==Week of Monday, April 26== Monday, April 26* Build Main Point I Develop in cycles. 1-2 (brainstormed ideal), 3 - notecard fact, quote, statistic, etc. 4 - Relate the notecard information to the cycle you have been working on. Do more brainstorming or fill in your expertise if you find need for more of your own explanation. Homework - Finish Main Point I draft including notecards and citations due Tuesday, April 27 - Build Main Point II - Develop in cycles. Do continuous brainstorming if you find need for more of your own explanation to absorb cards. Homework - Finish draft for Main Points II-III. Embed all notecards and citations into Main Point drafts. Do continuous brainstorming if you find need for more of your own explanation to absorb cards. Think in cycles. Finish Main Point II and III drafts to turn in on Monday, May 3 - Completed Idea cycles 1-2-3-4: no back-to-back notecards. Include notecard information and citations. Wednesday, April 28-Thursday, April 29 - PSAE/ACT Testing - No School for Seniors Friday, April 30 - Institute Day - No School for Students . Week of Monday, May 3 Monday, May 3 Main Point I attention - Mark Topic sentence + 1-2-3-4 or Transitional sentence + 1-2-3-4 for each cycle in Main Point I paragraphs. Review Main Point 1 notecards - add any additional information to fill in necessary gaps Place in-text citations after each fact or quote for Step 3 Example. "..." (Name 5). Homework - Revise all changes to Main Point I to turn in Write cycles on notecards (or choice of format) for Main Points II and III Tuesday, May 4 Collect Main Point I Attention to Coherence Sequence of cycles and paragraphs Need for transitions within and between paragraphs and main points Transitions Omission of repetition/wordiness/redundancy Source cards for 2 non-print sources for use in research paper (online or personal interview, audiovisual, etc) - look for information to fill in the gaps in your paper/notecards for Friday Main Points II-III to turn in Wednesday, May 5 Review of compound and complex sentences - sentence combining (including conjunctive adverbs) for style and to eliminate repetition Worksheet - reducing wordiness and redundancy by using a variety of sentence structures Homework - Revise, add, delete all main point body paragraphs to turn in on Friday (nonprint details embedded ,if possible) Cycles for Main Points IV-V Thursday, May 6 Drafting Main Points IV - V (LRC - Section A) Homework - All main point body paragraphs revised and edited to turn in on Monday. Embed notecard information from 2 nonprint sources Friday, May 7 Miscellaneous things to watch for nebulous use of "it" smoothly integrated quotes informative Step 4 Use any remaining cards if desired. Remember accurate intro and conclusion structures. Index cards for non-print sources Homework - Complete all Main Point body paragraphs for Monday Week of Monday, May 10 Research Paper due on Thursday or Friday with all components in your writing folder Monday, May 10 Turn in notes for non-print sources - video or interview, etc. and Main Points I-V body paragraphs Draft Introduction and Conclusion Organize and draft Works Cited Homework - Complete drafts of Intro, Conclusion, and Works Cited Tuesday, May 11 Body paragraphs returned Revisions - LRC (Section B?) Homework - Full draft of research paper - Intro, Body paragraphs for Main Points I-V, Conclusion, Works Cited. Wednesday, May 12 Edit Sheet (LRC Section B) external image empty.png Edit sheet -Research Paper.may10.doc Homework - Research Paper due Friday with all components in your writing folder Thursday, May 13 Surprise LRC Time!! Homework - Research Paper due Friday with all components in your writing folder Friday, May 14 Research Paper due! Writing a Song Review A song is a poem first. external image empty.png How do I interpret poetry handout.may10.doc For each of the following versions, determine the differences in tone, mood, and effectiveness in conveying the purpose of the poem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0 Ben E. King http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7quhYDGXvM John Lennon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RASKaZFZtS8 Andy, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora & Friends http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHNbvIplvVQ&feature=related Bruce Springsteen Week of May 17, 2010 Monday, May 17 Reviewer's points of attention as seen in YouTube videos on Friday 3 Examples of Reviews of Avatar Circle any topic that the review comments on - ex. theme, setting, purpose, characters, effects, etc. Put a + next to any topic with which the reviewer agrees or considers a strength. Put a - next to any topic with which the reviewer disagrees or considers a weakness. Avatar reviews.may10.doc Homework - Complete reading and marking 3 articles. Tuesday, May 18 Group share and listing of all of the points of attention mentioned in the 3 Avatar reviews. Review 2 of Friday's videos - Look for the points on the list to comment on as a reviewer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0 Ben E. King http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RASKaZFZtS8 Andy, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora & Friends Discussion of need for specific detail, close viewing Homework - Choose one of the points of attention in the list to focus on. Write a 3-cycle short essay that looks at that point using the 2 videos for evidence. Cycles should look at the different aspects or techniques within the selected point. Ex. 3 ways the director uses music, or 3 methods for using different film shots. Wednesday, May 19 Share, report out on peer's topic and 3 examples. Writing a Film Analysis View Video "Stand by Me" - Playing for Change (YouTube) http://playingforchange.com/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM Homework - Write at least 1 typewritten page that explains anything you can think of about the Literal Meaning of the video, "Stand by Me," by Playing for Change Thursday, May 20 Literal Meaning - Survace - Observation: What did you notice? Characters, setting, audience, cultures, ages, countries, tech crew, etc. (see classnotes) leading to production of a video product Figurative Meaning - Deeper - Interpretation: What does it mean? Characters, setting, etc. (see classnotes) developing the theme Theme - Unity, Connectedness, Peace, Cooperation, Pieces making up a whole View "Stand by Me" (YouTube or Playing for Change site) Homework - Write at least 1 page typed that explains anything you can think of about the Figurative Meaning of the video, "Stand by Me" Decide which two characteristics that you will use for the two halves of your Film Analysis essay Friday, May 21 Share - Which characteristics did you discuss in the Figurative Meaning writing? List. What is a support detail? Same as writing a description Watch video to "notetake" for one of the characteristics - general ideas as well as specific details Watch video to "notetake" for the second characteristic - general ideas as well as specific details Homework - Organize "notes" - Create 2 lists of details, one for Characteristic 1 and 1 for Characteristic 2: Color code or cut and paste so you have Main Points I and II Notebooks/binders/folders/planners due Monday, May 24.